Maxwell vs Wellfleet

A side-by-side comparison of Maxwell and Wellfleet: population, income, housing, and more.

Maxwell and Wellfleet are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maxwell has the higher population (230 vs 81 in Wellfleet). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $68,750 in Wellfleet). Maxwell has the higher median home value ($89,700 vs $75,000 in Wellfleet).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
Population	230	81
Median age	42.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$68,750
Median home value	$89,700	$75,000
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	111	30
Homeownership rate	75.6%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
Population	230 → 230 (+0.0%)	52 → 81 (+55.8%)
Median household income	$49,423 → $78,750 (+59.3%)	$44,167 → $68,750 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $89,700 (+19.6%)	$62,500 → $75,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $821 (-10.5%)	—

Maxwell

Population

230230

Median household income

$49,423$78,750

Median home value

$75,000$89,700

Median gross rent

$917$821

Wellfleet

Population

5281

Median household income

$44,167$68,750

Median home value

$62,500$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
Under 5	5.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	29.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	1.2%
45 to 54	26.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.4%
75 and over	3.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
No high school diploma	13.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
Drove alone	70.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	10.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
1-unit, detached	96.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Wellfleet
Poverty rate	4.3%	1.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1955	1945